Duplicator



T.'DANHEISER AND F. F. F-ECHER. DUPLICATOR. APPLICATION FILE 001.11. 1911.

Patented Mar. 299 1921.

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T. D-ANHHSEH AND F. lF. FECHER.

DUPLICATOR. APPLICATION FILED 0cT.11,1917.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

T. DANHHSER AND F. F. FECHEH.

DUPLICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. l1. 1917.

Patented Mar. 29, 11921..

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T.. 'DANHEISER AND F. F. FECHER.

DuPL'mAToR. APPL'ICATION FILED OCT. lh 1917.

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DUPUCTOR. APPLICATION FILUVOCT. l1

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QTHEODOBE nAivHnisEn, or NEW YORK, erin linnnnrvroirraiincis rncrrnnioi BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNQRS TO TEE-BECKY-`DUPLICATOR COMPANY,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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T o all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, Timononn DAN- HnisER, a citizen' of the United States, and a resident yof the boroughV of Manhattan, in the city and State of New `York, andFiuiD-Y Enron FRANCIS Fnoiann, a citizen'of the United States, anda resident ofthe borough E of Brooklyn, ii1' thecityand State of New York,'ha ve inventedlcertain new and use` ful Improvements in Duplicators, of which the Jfollowing is a specification.

' The invention ,relates ,to duplcators, more particularly to vthat form of duplicator in which a negative 'or reversed impression of matter torbe vcopied isA impresSed'upOn' an adhesive vduplicating surface, and positive impressions takenY therefrom" by bringing sheets of paper or with";vaii`d has'for one of itsvprincipal objects tov provide'simple'and comparatively cheap"` means whereby'the rapid handling sof said sheets of' paper is facilitated." 'i' The invention' consistsnin the novel con# struction, arrangement' and combination of p variousdevices, 1 elements and parts, as shown'in the accompanying drawingsand hereinafter more particularly described. I

In the said' drawings, Figure 1 is aside view'ofone emb diment of our invention;v Fig.2 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 3 isa vertical longitudinal section takenon the is a perspective view showing in detail a part of theappas line 3--3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4

ratus, as', hereinafter described VFig.v 5 'is a sideA view'of another 'embodiment of lour invention Fig. 6' 'is a' longitudinal vertical section taken on theline 6 -6 of Fig; 7 'and looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. A

7 'is an endview 'lookingromjtheleft of Fig.` 5; and FigspS, v9, and 1() are viewsoi the portions ofthe apparatus shown at-the left ofv'Fig.Y 6, showing the parts in various positions.

'In Carryingou'rl invention into 'effect in the embodiment thereof shown'inFigs. 1T tov duplicator of the 4 inclusive, l'wie provide a usualor any suitabletypesuch asv mav'coiiu` prise a base 11"hav ingmounted thereon frame members 12, in which are suitably re'- mo-vably'journaled rollers 13 upon which an" adhesive'du licating'lm `14-`is adapted toV be wound. he duplicating film y14 passes upward the me.br s12, rollers 15 adjacent'the ends the like in contact tliereand? over a bed y16 ysecured between Specification of Letters Patent. Patgd 29j, .IILQQL ,-Applicaton filed Qc-toberll, 1917. VSieriaiil'o.v 1961540.'T i i film fromscraping against the said ends when' 'the rollers v13 are rotated;

Suitable means for rotating the rollers 13, and meansV Jfor'either holding the same against rotation, or permitting such 'rotation, may falso be'lprovided; rwhich means may gaged with either roller, ratchets 18'operatively connected with the 'said' rollers l13, pawls 19 adapted to engage with' said ratchets, and devices 20 adapted, when' desired, to holdsaid pawls out of operation; all 'of which' means are now known in the'art and need not be described'in detail. i thus possible to bring any portion of the duplicating film ywound upon the rollers 13 into roperative position over'the bed 16, and to stretch the same tightly thereover.

Adapted 'to coperate with'the Asaid duplicator, we provide ank attachment'comprisinga paper support'or'table'member havsides A21, ends 22, and a bottom 23 cover? ing the entire area with'the exception of a portion at one end, l

one of 'the endts 22 and level with the bottom 23v of the'table extends' into the Isaid open part. kMembers 25 Vare secured to the sides end provided with adaptlongitudinal extensionsYV 2G, (see Fig. 2)* which may be integral withthe sides' 21 of the table, and which 'bearfupon their outer ends ylaterally yextending pins 27...? Mounted 12, l(see VFig/1) is a' member28 provided `with an L-shaped slotl adapted to receive one of said pins 27, saidl provided with f latch onv each frame member members 28 being also members l29 pivoted 4thereto aiid'adapted consist'in a crank 17 adapted to be enl as will be seen by an -inspection of F16", 2. 'A' bracket 24'attached toof the table out of' normally to yclose theopening of thev Lf* shaped slot and prevent VVthe insertion' or Wit swung out of the way,vas illustrated bythe dotted lines of Fig. 1, to permitthe with` drawalor insertion.v of Va pin 27 .llt will 'be observed that when drawal'of a pin27,lbut which may bev the pins 27 'are in place in the c1osed..-endsoi rthe L-shaped slots in.'y

the members 28, and the members 29 are swung s as to close the said slots, the table will be hinged tothe main portion of.V the duplicator, kthe end carrying the pins 27 being somewhat higher above the duplicating medium than the other end having the bracket 24 and members 25; but that the table may be easily removed or replaced as desired.

V'e provide a stop 30 by means of which the length of the working surface of the table may be varied to conform kwith the size of paper which it is desired to use. This stop is provided -with end portions 3l adapted to straddle the sides 2l on which it `is adapted tofslidc longitudinally of the table, and is-also provided witha set screw 32 by means of which it may be quickly and easilysecured in any position desired. The member and attachedparts may be entirely removed from the table if desired.

Slidably mounted onV the member '30 is a second stop member 34, by'means of which the working width of the table may be de- .1 along the member 30, to any point on which creased if desired. This member 34 is provided witha portion 35 adapted to slide vUpon the ltable or attachment is placed,face

downward, a sheet of paper bearing the matter which itis desired to duplicate or copy, andupon this is placed any desired number of sheets of blank paper upon which' it is desired to copy the matter transferred from the original to the duplicatingv me;

dium, so that one end of each of said sheets of paper shall rest against the lower end 22 of the table, and one edge of each .of said 'sheets shall rest against one side 2l. The

stop 30 and the member 34 are then adj usted in a manner which will be apparent from an f inspection of Fig. 2,y where a sheet of paper, designated 37, which sheet of paper is less than the full working area of the table,

1s shown in lplace thereon. If it isv desired to use paper which has the same width as the table` but not'the same length, the stop vmember 34 may be removed from the stop .member 30, tbe stop 30 however being allowed to remainin place. while if it is de-V sired to use paper ofthe same size as the working area of the table. the stop '30 and all its attached parts may be removed from the said table. Y Y

The original and blank paper being in place, the pile is steadied by placingthel hand upon and depressing same down upon plied if necessary to` v tion, and the the bracket 24, one linger beingV extended and pressed downward upon the point designated 38 in Fig. 32 The effect of this lis toy bring the lower end-of theV lowest sheet ofV paper in the pile, that is, the original matter' to be duplicated, into contact with the adhesive duplicating` medium, Vto whichit will adhere. The'table being then swung upward, this sheet of paper will be dragged out from `under the pile, the upper sheets remaining in place. VThe table being'held in a raised position, pressure' maybe ap` the-sheet of paper then in place on the duplicating medium, in order Y to transfer an impression from the `same to saidmedium, the paper-,then:stripped olf,v

the table allowed to resume' its lowered posil operation repeated vwith' the blank sheets of paper until as many copies as are desired have been made, whereupon a' new portion ofV the duplicating inedium may be brought'into play, so that whenV desired f A a new impression may be transferred theresion in the manner described.

to, and copies made from the new impres- Y In carrying our invention Vinto effect in-A.

theembodiment thereof shown in Figs. 5 toY Y 10 inclusive, we provide'as .abovede'scribedf a duplicator of the'usu'al or vany suitable type, the one shown in the drawings being substantially similar to that shown in' Figs. l to 4, and comprising the same parts.

paper support or table .is slidably mounted on the 'duplicator ,-.by v,means-"of flanged members 43 attached toV said table; Y(See Fig. 7). The table comprises a bottom 40, and end 4l, and sides 42 projectingbevond the left hand end of the bottom 40- as shown in Figs. 5 andl 6.. VPivoted at r43pein the free ends of thesesides 42 is a U-shaped frame 44 provided with 'a handle 45, andv having an impression roller 146' journaled in Y its lower end. "1

At one side of the frame 44 is secured a A pivoted at points-49 on, r Y and is provided on oneY sidefjl Y laterally extending finger 47. A paper'sup-v port or shelf v48 is they frame 44, (see Fig. 5) with a slottedarc-memberOjbv means of 'which its position maybe adjusted, themember 50 being secured in any position desired by means of a screw or the like 54.` A paper depressing member. 51'is l secured to 'the fra.mef44'which depressing member 51 may if, desired be, butgisnotf.Y

necessarily` a roller. Means 52, 'analogous to the member .30 and attached parts of 4. may be provided forl the purpose of re-V u stricting vthe operative Varea of the bottom 40 of the paper support or table.

In the 'operation of this embodimentof our f invention. the attachment Vbeing in plafce upon the"d'uplicator` and the partsin the position shown in Figs. V5 audio. a sheetioff: paper bearing the matter whichit i's'desired-to if copy is placed facedownward upon thetable, 'i

u Hloer .of sheetsofpaper uponwhich itis de'-V 'Sired le 'Copy theV original to the' duplicating medium, so,

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reageer the matter Ytransferred from that'eeend 0f the Pil@ Shall rest'grsnth support 48, thed vices 52 being adjusted in devices occupy the position' shown/in Fig. 8; When in thisrposition.theiinger ,47 -enters a depression i153 .ingthe bed 16,:.orY may, clear the end of Vthe said bed, and the depressing member 5l forces the pile of paper downward, so that the sheet on the bottom of the pile will be brought into contact with the duplicating surface and will adhere thereto. The parts are then moved into the position Y shown in Fig. 9, leaving the sheet on the bottom of the pile adhering to the duplicating surface at one end, the remaining sheets being in their original position. The handle 45 being held in the'position shown in Fig. 9, the attachment as a whole is moved toward the right in Fig. 5, withdrawing the undermost sheet of paper of the pile from the support or table, and bringing same into contact with the duplicating medium, whereby an impression is transferred from said sheet to said medium by means of the impression roller 46. After the attachment has been' moved to its eXtreme right hand position, and approximately all of the paper has been passed over by the impression roller, the handle 45 and attached parts are moved into the position relative to the horizontal shown in Fig. 10, in which position the impression roller 46 is vraised above the paper, enabling the said paper to be removed. The handle 45 being held in the position shown in Fig. 10, the attachment is returned to its original position, the `finger 47 bearing upon the bed 16 and holding the paper depressing member 51 out of contact with the duplicating medium. The attachment being returned to the position shown in Fig. 8, the process may be repeated as often as desired, in this case, however, resulting in transferring impressions from the duplicating medium to the blank sheets of paper.

The advantages of our invention will be obvious. We may particularly enumerate the cheapness of construction, the ease of operation, and the fact that each impression will be printed upon the same relative portion of its respective paper. We do not limit ourselves to the exact forms described, as it will be evident that various other modications might be made, without departing from the spirit and scope of the said invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1, The combination with a duplicator N p The 45iSh`en. moved towardlv the' right' in Figg, until -the comprising an' adhesive duplicating medium'-V adapted toy 'receive an impression to transfer same; of'a paper supportingmem ber adapted to. support, 'a' plurality of sheets of ypaper or the likemounted "on said dupli-l cator andfprovided'with aiiopening infthe adhesive duplicating medium.

92'; 'rhe'jeombinauon with 'a uiipiicamif Comprising an adhesive aupiicaangmediam adapted to receive an impression and to transfer same; of a paper supporting member adapted to support a plurality of sheets of paper or the like movably mounted on said duplicator and provided with an opening in the bottom adapted to permit a portion of the lower one of said sheets of paper to be'depressed so as to come in contact with saidadhesive duplicating medium.

3. The combination with a duplicator comprising an adhesive duplicating medium adapted to receive an impression and to transfer same; of a paper supporting meinber adapted to support a plurality of sheets of paper or the like pivotally mounted on said duplicator and provided with an opening in the bottom adapted to permit a portion of the lower one of said sheets of paper to be depressed so as to come in contact with said adhesive duplicating medium.

4. The combination with a duplicator comprising a duplicating medium adapted to receive an impression and to transfer same, of a member movably mounted on said duplicator, comprising means adapted to support the marginal portions of a plurality of sheets of paper or the like and to permit a portion of the lower one of said sheets intermediate said marginal portions to be depressed into contact with said duplicating medium.

5. The combination with a duplicator comprising a duplicating medium adapted to receive an impression and to transfer same, of a member pivotally supported on said duplicator, comprising means adapted to support the marginal portions of a plurality of sheets of paper or the like, and to permit a portion of the lower one of said sheets intermediate said marginal portions to be depressed into contact with said duplicating medium.

6. The combination with a duplicator comprising a duplicating medium adapted to receive an impression and to transfer same; of a member movably supported on said duplicator comprising means adapted to support the marginal portions of a plurality of sheets of paper or the like and to permit a portion of the lower one of said sheets intermediate said marginal portions to be depressed into contact with said duplieating medium and adapted when moved Acomprising a duplicating medium; of an attachment therefor comprising apaper supporting member movably mounted on said duplicator adapted to'support a pluralityofv sheets of paper or the like, and permit a por;- tion of the lower one of said Sheets of paper or the like to corneY lin contact with said duplicating medium, whereby the lower of said sheets of paper or the like iswithdrawn from said paper supporting` member and allowed to fall upon said duplicatingrl medium when said paper supporting memloer is moved. f c f. VV

In witness .whereof we have hereunto signed our names this 13th dayof Septeinv ber 1917, landthe 19th Adayof SeptemberzBO 1917, respectively.

'THEoDoRE DANH'ISER AFREDERioK FRANCIS RECH-VER. 

